GERMAN SHIPOWNERS GOING IN FOE MOTOR VESSELS

Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 143, 17 June 1916, Page 10

GERMAN SHIPOWNERS GOING IN FOE MOTOR VESSELS

It is reported from Germany that shipowners have boon co impressed by tho success of the Scandinavian motor ships that some of the vessels which were on order in Germany at tho outbreak of war, to be built as steamers, have been changed in deeign, and it is said that Hi m'nny C&BCS JJiGsel engines nave been, or are being, , installed. Those vessels include the Falkenfels, of 8000 tons, for tho Hansa Line, originally to bo fitted with steam engines to give a speed of 13.5 knots. She is said to have been completed early this year, _ Diesel engines of the two-cycle typo having been installed. A sister ship, the Krononfols, is .said to have undergone a similar change. The Hamburg-American Line is also reported to have completed several pew motor ships which were originally intended U# be steam-driven vessels. Thess include Hie Nassau, of 7500 tons deadweight, designed for trade through tho Pana-ma Canal, tho Frisia, of 5000 tons, and the Kamerau, .which carries 6000 tons. The North Gorman Lloyd is also mentioned as one of the firms which have been converted to a, bolief in the internal-combus-tion engine, and two ot its uewei vessels, the Walcleek, 4094 tons register, and another vessel of SCOO tons, are said to have received Diesel engines instead of the steam engines originally intended. It is also, reported that the Santa Isabel, a new 7500-ton cargo vessel for the Ham-burg-South American Line, is now about to bo launched, and that this company also hsis two 13j--knot 6000-ton motor ships well on the way towards completion. .